新修《消费者权益保护法》可否调整医患关系之研究

Study on the Application of Doctor-patient Relationship in Consumer Protection Law

新修《消费者权益保护法》的立法精神中,"生活消费"具有市场终端性和市场议价性的特点,患者可属于消费者,医疗机构可属于经营者,医患关系可属于消费关系,因此,医患关系可受新修《消费者权益保护法》调整。《消费者权益保护法》与《医疗事故处理条例》、《侵权责任法》等不是互相排斥的关系,不能以医患关系的特殊性而否定其可适用《消费者权益保护法》。

According to the legislative spirits of the presently renewed Consumer Protection Law, patients can be included in consumers, medical institutions can be included in proprietors, and the doctor-patient relationship can also be included in consumer-proprietors relationship. Consumer Protection Law can be in harmony with Regulations on the Medical Accident Treatment and Tort Liability Law. We can not directly deny doctor-patient relationship＇s application to Consumer Protection Law, only because of the particularity of doctor-patient relationship. Providing perfecting the system of medical liability insurance, punitive compensation can be somehow attached to medical institutions.